From owner-freebsd-multimedia Mon Nov 1 10: 2:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from galileo.physics.purdue.edu (galileo.physics.purdue.edu [128.210.67.225]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1106D1530C for ; Mon, 1 Nov 1999 10:02:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonsmith@physics.purdue.edu) Received: from localhost (jonsmith@localhost) by galileo.physics.purdue.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id NAA70700 for ; Mon, 1 Nov 1999 13:02:33 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jonsmith@galileo.physics.purdue.edu) Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 13:02:33 -0500 (EST) From: Jon Smith To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Sigma Designs speaks on the hollywood plus Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I sent them the following message: <> > Do you have any plans to make the Hollywood Plus usable under Linux or > FreeBSD or any other NON-Windows operating systems? > > Point of question: I have and use Windows NT almost exclusively to play my > DVD's. Why am I being forced to pay homage (and $$$$) to Bill Gates to > use this product? Unlike many things, this technology does require > security to prevent anyone from copying the DVD's. > <> Their response: Hi, A new product based on the new EM8400 chipset will support Linux. Thank you, mc <> My final question: So they are going to make me buy ANOTHER card to use for non-windows? Oh, and I loved how the ended their email with 'Thanks for your cooperation' Hmmmmmm Jon Smith To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message